Discriminating between Failures and Graduates in a Computer-Managed Course using Measures of Cognitive Styles, Abilities, and Aptitudes

Abstract

Measures of cognitive styles, abilities, and aptitudes were obtained for a sample of BE/E School graduates and failures, and used to perform discriminant analyses to determine which linear combination of measures could optimally differentiate the two groups. Classification functions obtained for derived discriminat functions were applied to measures of cognitive characteristics obtained for the study participants to evaluate the effectiveness of the discriminations in predicting group membership (i.e., BE/E graduates or failures). Results showed that the two groups differ significantly in certain cognitive characteristics, and that the classification functions were valid predictors of BE/E success or failure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA070748

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  • David B. Landis
  • Pat-anthony Federico

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  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Cognition
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Education
  • Educational Psychology
  • Human Development
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Instructions
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Reasoning
  • Statistics
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

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